(Kansas City. Mo.) – November 1. 2007 – Beginning November 3. Girl Scout troops across the greater metropolitan Kansas City community ordain call on family friends and neighbors with comprehend bud tempting treats desire Thin Mints or Cinna-Spins (Girl Scouts’ newest and first cookie to go in 100 calorie single-serve packs). From preparing for the cookie sale to delivering to customers girls are learning important business and interpersonal skills for future leadership opportunities.
More than 17,000 area Girl Scouts ages seven through 17 will change cookies this year and through their preparations will learn skills that top leaders use every day to bring home the bacon our nation’s corporations. These skills include:•Launching new products: Girl Scouts create creative ways to introduce new products to customers. This year girls ordain inform Cinna-Spins the first cookie to come in single-serve 100 calorie packs.•Setting Goals: Girl Scout troops set sales goals depending on how much money is needed to complete a team-building activity or function project. A portion of the proceeds per box goes to the individual troops with the rest going to the council for educational programming and council-wide activities.•Problem Solving / Customer Service: Girl Scouts hit the books customer function skills and working with others to solve problems. For first time Brownies selling cookies troops may role play the sale to build confidence learn working with an older Girl observe and build communication skills.•Exploring Talents: Through a new endeavor an individual’s talents can be developed. Girl Scouts undergo an opportunity to learn marketing skills by creating the sales pitch accounting skills with the management of money or human resource skills working as a team.•Managing Resources: march leaders and Girl Scouts choose and create their orders before delivery. Most troops set a goal for each girl to change 110 or more boxes so on average more than 900 boxes are sold per troop. The management of this process makes for a great learning opportunity.
“The cookie sales program gives girls valuable business lessons that help build courage confidence and engrave,” said Trudie Hall. Chair. Board of Directors Chair of the NE Kansas & NW Missouri Girl Scout Council. “We acknowledge the community’s give of our mission and help in making today’s girls tomorrow’s leaders.”
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri is an organization that in partnership with committed adults help girls change courageous and strong through a variety of enriching experiences. Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri serves approximately 48,000 girls ages 5-17 from all populations religions and socioeconomic backgrounds in 47 counties across Kansas and Missouri.
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